National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1887-06-13
STEPHEN TILE MARTYR.
DIR. TALMAGE's TEXT FOR HIS REGULAR
SUNDAY SERMON,
Five Pictures Presentcd--stepben Gaz-
ing Into Heaven, Looking ut Christ,
Stoned, In His Dying Prayer, and
Asleep.

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Then they cried out with a loud voice and
stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one
record and cast him ont of the city and stoned
him and The witnesses iaid down their clothes
at young mans feet, whose name was Saul.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon Col,
and soyin, iord locus recoivc NV snirit Ana
he kneeled down and cried with loud voice,
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. Aud
when he had said this he fell asleep" Tho
preacher said:
stephen hed been preaehing rousins sei.
mon, and the people could not stand ". They
resolved TO do as men sometimes would like
preacher OF righteousness him. The only
way to silence this man was to knock the
breath out OF him. 60 they rushed Stephen out
S ss 0 hS e spd T S% fR The
cliff, as was the custom when they wanted to
take away life by stoning.. Having brought
him 70 The egg q the Gin they PnsaSed h
down, and, seeing that he was not yet dead,
they began to drop stones upon him, stone
after stone, stone after stone: Amid this hor.
the blood drips from his temples 70 his cheeks,
from his Cheeks to bis garments from his gar
msRes y as
for his murderers. lord Jesus, receive my
spirit" that was for himself Lord, lay not
to then that s,d o ms as
he swooned away and fell asleep; -
j want to show you to-day FIVE pictures.
Stephen gazing into heaven: Stephen looking
dying prayer. Stephen asleep.
First, look at Stephen gazing into heaven.
Before you take a leap you want to know
climb ladder you ivan wait to know what point
the ladder reaches. And It was right that
Stephen, within few moments Of heaven,
well TO be found in the same posture. There
Of large wealth may have statusry in the hall
and paintings in The sitting room and works Iss
chief pictures in the art gallery, and there
hour after hour, you walk with catalogue and
glass and ever increasing admiration. Well
a has gsos Su He Se pase Of H His is sWe
room where We stop there are many sd h,
som. and on the winding cloud. stairs are
stretched out canvas on Which commingie
azure, and purple, and saffron, and gold. But
robes There are the Richest crowns. There
arc fhe hiphesI exhilarations John saws of a.
their bono ss and ' glory e' into Sh t." AND
/ SOC The nrocessIon' forming and in
the line come ali empires. and the stars spring
up into an arch for the hosts TO march under.
tho Mich of avelanohe from The monntains'
and Inc flag they bear Is the flame of a con.
sumine world, and ali heaven turns out with
harms and tr,Impets and MYRIAD voiced accia-
nation OF angelic dominion to welcome them
in and 80 tbe Kings nj the earth brinS thar
honor and glory into il. Do Won wonder that
good people often stand like Stephen looking
into beayenP We have n great many friends
there. There ia not n man In This
house today so isolated in life
with whom he once shook hands. As a man
GETS older The number of his Celestial aeouain.
tances very rapidly multiplies. we have not
had one glimpse q them since Get the EN- night we
but still we stand gazing at heaven. As when
some OF our friends 20 across the sea we
stand on the dock, or on the steam tug. and
vessel disappears, and then there is only
a patch 81 sail on the sky. and
soon that is gone, and they are
he o sam Sa s arectiop 60 when our 1 friends
70 away from us into the future world we keep
looking down through the Narrows, and gaz.
R s aS gazing as hSuS a
ing cloud and give us one glimpse OF their
blissful and TRANSPORTED faces. While you
long join their conipaniSnship, and the years
break your heart, and the viper OF pain and
at your yitals, you still stand, like
as bsS wons vor
now, so changed had 1t been with trouble.
sye wn ss a@a much a9 %y yo s ss ss n asS
TO when they gave YOU a heipinS hand and
put their shoulder under your burdens. You
in the evening tide, When the house is ali
quiet, you wonder IL You should call them by
| their first name II they would not answer, and
perhaps, sometimes you do make the expert;
| are there YOU distinctly call their names
and listen and wait and sit gazing into heaven
Pass Oh now and see Stephen looking upon
| at The right hand of God. Just how Christ
| looked In this world, Just how He looked In
| Heaven, we cannot say. A writer in the time
sonal appearance that He had Blue eyes, light
complexion, and a very graceful structure
but suppose It was ali guess work. Tho pain.
tiers Of the different ages have tried to Imagine
S Gh SaSs s IN w PIT ns @
own eyes we see Him and with our own ears
| we can hear Him. And yet there Is a
| way of seeing and hearing him now.
| have to tell you that unless YOU see and heal
| Christ on earth, you will never see and heal
| Him in heaven. Look There He ia. Behold
| Then pray to God to take the scales of yolll
| eyes. Look that way-try TO look that way
| His voice comes down to you this day-comes
| down to the blindest, to the deafest soul, say
ing: Look unto me, all We ends of the earth
and be ye saved, for am God, and there 4.
none else" frociamation OF universal
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